Humidor



Get. 27, 1936. E. P. JASPER HUMIDOR Filed April 16, 1954 )NVENTOR Z'Zmer PJZz/sper:

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ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 27, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFMIE.

Application April 16,

5 Claims.

This invention relates to humidors for tobacco, it being particularly adapted for use as a humidor for cigars or cigarettes but may be used as a humidor for tobacco form if desired.

A purpose of the invention is to provide a humidor for cigars or cigarettes in which the articles are vertically positioned in concentric circles, the construction being such that a cigarette in one circle extends to a different height than those of an adjacent circle on either side thereby spacing the cigars or cigarettes so that one may readily remove a single cigarette or cigar without necessity of manually separating the same and thus injure the ends.

Cigarettes in a package are so tightly packed one to the other that in attempting to remove the same, injury results either in the breaking of the Wrapper or deforming the end of the cigarette and this is obviated by my arrangement wherein the articles are presented to the user in such manner that the finger and thumb of the user in extracting a cigarette or cigar need not contact the adjacent cigarettes.

It is also a feature and object of this invention to provide a humidor in which cigars or cigarettes may be vertically positioned in a body having hexagonal apertures or non-circular apertures and with a. humidifying agent therebelow by which construction of the apertures for use with a round cigarette or cigar moist air may fiow upwardly about the cigar or cigarette and thus maintain the same in moist condition.

These and other objects and novel features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and the preferred form of construction of a humidor embodying my invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a humidor embodying my invention taken on line I-| of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In its preferred form, the invention consists of a substantially circular hollow body I, the upper end of the walls thereof being formed as at 2 to receive the edge of a cover 3. The cover is provided with a knob 4 and vent apertures 5 are provided just beneath the knob 4 and practically hidden from view by the knob. The humidor is provided with a shoulder or ledge 6 a short distance above the bottom on which is removably supported a screen 7 of plate like form which has a series of apertures 8 therein. Beneath the screen and in the chamber 9 formed between the screen and the bottom of the humidor is a convenient form of humidifier I0. This may be a pad of water ab- 1934, Serial No. 720,769

sorbent material which may be moistened and. placed in the bottom of the humidor.

The screen on its upper face has a pair of ribs H in the form herein shown of certain height,

a central rib E2 of materially less height and also 5 a pair of concentric ribs [3 of a height greater than the height of the ribs I2 and less than the height of the ribs H and between these ribs the apertures 8 open permitting moisture to pass into the container proper. The container is indicated at M and may be formed of any convenient material, preferably something that can be cast or formed of a plastic material in a mold. The container M is formed with a series of hexagonal longitudinal apertures I therein arranged in con- 5 centric circles as will be more readily understood from Fig. 2. The container has a series of concentric grooves M in its bottom end and these grooves are of diiferent depths as will be understood from Fig. 1 and the ribs on the screen member extend 0 into these grooves and form a support for the cigarettes or cigars in the apertures.

The container M rests on the ribs as heretofore mentioned and successive ribs are positioned beneath each respective circle of the hexagonal 5 openings [5 and being of different heights, a cigarette positioned in the opening l5 of the outer circle does not extend above the upper end of the container to the distance that the cigarettes positioned in the next inner circle of the openings I5. This arrangement enables the thumb and finger of the user in grasping a cigarette or cigar to be sufficiently spaced from the adjacent cigarettes as to not disturb the same or injure the ends yet all are presented when the cover of the humidor is removed in a very readily accessible position.

The hexagonal form of the aperture for the cigarettes permits moisture to rise between a cigarette and each corner of the hexagonal opening so that moisture is continuously passed from the humidifier through the apertures of the screen I and about the cigar or cigarette and escapes to atmosphere through the vent apertures 5 in the cover. Thus the cigars or cigarettes are kept in a moist condition and at all times readily presented in an attractive manner to the user. It is also obvious that the container I4 may be bodily removed and loose tobacco placed on the screen. Thus the device is usuable not only for the cigarettes in the form here shown but for cigars in which case the apertures would be larger as well as the size of the device would be increased and the device may also be used for tobacco.

The structure is of simple and inexpensive form and is not confined to the design of the parts herein shown and may be made other than circular in form and of various materials. The principal feature of the invention is in the arrangement of a container for the cigarettes or cigars and of a screen member for supporting the same with the ends in different planes at the top and also in the provision of a screen member separating the humidifier from direct contact with cigars, cigarettes or tobacco.

Having thus briefly described my invention, its utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. A humidor comprising a hollow body having an open upper end, a screen member supported within the body near the bottom consisting of a plate like member having a series of apertures therethrough and a series of concentric ribs on its upper surface, the ribs extending above the screen member and each rib extending to a different height above the screen member than an adjacent rib, a container for cigars or cigarettes having a series of apertures therethrough arranged in concentric rows for alignment with the rows of ribs whereby in placing cigars or cigarettes in the apertures one row of cigarettes or cigars is supported by the respective rib at a .difierent height above the container than an into upper and lower chambers, a humidifier in the lower chamber beneath the screen member and through which moist air may pass from the humidifier chamber, a container for cigarettes, consisting of a body having a series of apertures extending vertically therethrough, the apertures being arranged in concentric circles, the lower end of the body having concentric grooves formed therein at the bottom of each of the concentric rows of apertures, the grooves for one row differing in depth from that of adjacent rows, means on the screen member extending into the grooves and removably supporting the container in spaced relation with the screen member into which space moist air may flow, said means further providing a support for cigarettes introduced into the apertures whereby the upper ends of the successive rows of cigarettes extend to a difierent height above the container, and a cover for the body having a vent aperture.

3. A humidor comprising a hollow body having an open upper end, a screen member supported within the body above the bottom thereof, a humidifier in the space between the screen and the bottom, a container for cigarettes or the like consisting of a member having a series of vertical apertures thcrethrough into which cigars or cigarettes may be introduced from the top, a series of concentric ribs extending upwardly from the screen and providing a means for supporting cigarettes or cigars so that they may extend to different distances above the container member and a cover for the body having a vent aperture therein.

4. A humidor comprising a hollow body having an open upper end, a screen member supported within the body above the bottom thereof, a humidifier in the space between the screen and the bottom, a container member having a series of vertical apertures therethrough arranged in concentric circles, the bottom of the container member being provided with a ceries of concentric grooves opening into the apertures and a series of concentric ribs extending at different heights from the screen member and seating in the concentric grooves of the container member.

5. A humidor for cigars, cigarettes and like articles, comprising a body open at the upper end, means therein for supporting the cigarettes in concentric rows, said means being of a construction to support articles of substantially the same length spaced apart in each'row and at different heights in adjacent rows and with the cigarettes of one row opposite the spaces between cigarettes of an adjacent row thereby permitting the same to be readily grasped by the hand of the user without materially disturbing the cigarettes of an adjacent row.

ELMER P. JASPER. 

